Secret

Part 9

Hikaru entered the room after a good fifteen minutes having spent the time trying to calm down his nerves.
'I am never going to watch another horror movie again, I should have learned my lesson but no I just had to go and watch another. I should have learned my lesson last time. I am such an idiot what if I started screaming like a girl then everyone would have known, my cover would have blown. I got lucky that none of them noticed' Hikaru chided to himself.

"Oye guys, you know it's late you guys should get to your rooms before Ibiki san decides to take a patrol here." Hikaru said absently while entering the room.
But his words fell on deaf ears and no body replied to him, Hikaru looked up to see all the occupants of the room looking at him with a confused and unbelievable look while in Naruto case, he just looked like he was having a heart attack.

"Is something wrong?" Hikaru questioned.
"Oh my God, Hikaru, y.you h.how could you" Naruto stuttered suddenly and started pointing at him.
"Huh" Hikaru replied confused by the blonde's outburst.
"Troublesome" Shikamaru stated while looking at the commotion with concealed amusement.
"Naruto what are you talking about?" Hikaru asked again.
"He's talking about how you are a cross dresser" Sasuke said with a smirk, not even trying to hide his amusement.

The room became deadly silent even Naruto stopped shouting and just watched everyone in the room. It was so silent that you could almost hear your heartbeat.

Hikaru stood there dumb fondly trying to process what Sasuke just had said.
'Cross dresser, does that mean they know? Oh my God, if they know I am ruined, my reputation will be ruined, my family name will be shunned. I'll be an outcast, I'll be labeled a cross dresser. No one will look at me' Hikaru thought as he fell on his knees dramatically with a huge spotlight on him.

"What are you talking about?" Hikaru questioned panicking internally.
'Yeah, act like you have no idea about what they are saying. Perfect.' Hikaru thought to himself.
"We are talking about this." Neji said while pointing to the frame that he was holding.
'Shit, I totally forget about that frame, where the hell did, they find it.' Hikaru thought mentally slapping himself.
"OH, what about that, it's just a picture." Hikaru said acting relieved.
"Yes, we can see that, but we want to know why you are dressed like a girl in this picture." Sai said with a fake smile.
'Think Sakura think....................................... I got it' Hikaru thought.
"Hahaha, come on, you think that's me. That's not me" Hikaru said with a forced laugh.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Neji said with a raised brow.
"Sheesh, it means that the person in the picture isn't me but my younger twin sister." Hikaru said with a wave.
"Nani, twin sister!!" Kiba and Naruto said simultaneously with wide eyes.
"Yeah, my twin sister" Hikaru answered in a quiet voice.
"You have a twin sister" Sasuke said while looking at the frame again.
"Yeah, her name is Sakura." Hikaru replied with a nod.

It got quiet again as everybody contemplated this new piece of information.
"Ne, Hikaru kun, your sister is hot." Naruto said with a slight blush.
"Ummm, thanks I guess" Hikaru said unsure of what else to say.
"So if she is your sister, why come we didn't see her at the opening ceremony. After all the other three girls in the picture were there." Shikamaru said suddenly piquing everyone's interest.
'Damn, Shikamaru, how I hate that brain of yours.' Hikaru thought feeling slightly angry.
" Yeah, why come she wasn't there?" Sasuke asked.
"Aren't you being talkative today?" Hikaru said with a straight face.
"Hn"
"Teme, you aren't interested in Hikaru kun sister, are you?" Naruto suddenly asked in a panic.
"Never saw the day when the great Uchiha would be ever interested in a girl." Kiba said with a grin.
"Shut up dog boy." Sasuke said with a glare directed towards the two loudmouths.

That shut them both up. Everybody just looked at Hikaru waiting for him to answer.
"Fine, she couldn't come, she was busy and secondly she doesn't live here these days." Hikaru answered feeling annoyed with all the questions.
"Oh, I see. This must be sibling rivalry I read about." Sai said with a look that said I discovered something new.
"I don't see how this could be classified as sibling rivalry" Neji said countering Sai's statement.
"You see, I've read that usually if siblings do not visit each other on important occasions, it means that there is tension between them thus it can only be classified as sibling rivalry." Sai explained.
"Troublesome, your views are really strange." Shikamaru said.
"I guess that's all you need to now." Hikaru supplied.
"Ne ne Hikaru chan, why come your sister didn't come." Naruto asked again.
"Seriously Naruto, she already said goodbye to me, it was important that she go off for her school." Hikaru answered.
"Anyway you should all go back to your room already Ibiki is going to be on patrol soon" Hikaru said after a pause, hoping everyone would leave before any more questions come up.
"Yeah we should leave now; it will be bad if Ibiki finds us here." Shikamaru said.
"Hn" came the reply from two stoic people.
"But the fun just started" Kiba and Naruto whined together.
"I guess, we should leave, we will see you later cross dresser" Sai said with a wave.